Buddhism page 5

Question 1

Stupa

Answer 1

A small building or monastery that has holy relics

Question 2

Sukhavati

Answer 2

The paradise where Amitbha Buddha lives

Question 3

tanha

Answer 3

craving (desiring or wanting something)

Question 4

Temple

Answer 4

A place where Buddhists come together to practise

Question 5

thangka

Answer 5

a detailed painting of Buddha or Bodhisattva

Question 6

Eightfold Path

Answer 6

Eight aspects that Buddhists practise and live by in order to achieve enlightment.

Question 7

Five asectics

Answer 7

The 5 aspects that make up a person

Question 8

Five moral recepts

Answer 8

Five principles that Buddhists try to follow.

Question 9

Four noble truths

Answer 9

The 4 truths that the Buddha taught about suffering.

Question 10

Four sights

Answer 10

Old age, illness, death and a holy man

Question 11

Four sublime states

Answer 11

The 4 qualities of love

Question 12

Six perfections

Answer 12

The 6 qualities or virtues that Mahayana Buddhists try to develop in order to live.

Question 13

Theory of evolution

Answer 13

The theory that higher forms of life have gradually developed from lower ones

Question 14

Three poisons

Answer 14

Greed, hatred and ignorance

Question 15

Three watches of the night

Answer 15

The 3 realisations that the Buddha made in order to achieve enlightment

Question 16

The Tibetan Wheel of Life

Answer 16

an image that symbolises samsara, often found in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples

Question 17

Theravada Buddhism

Answer 17

the school of the elders; an ancient Buddhist tradition found in southern Asia

Question 18

Unskilful

Answer 18

bad, unethical actions or behaviour

Question 19

vipassana mediation

Answer 19

insight meditation; a type of meditation that involves developing understanding of the nature of reality

Question 20

visualisation

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imagining or seeing an object in one’s mid

Question 21

wesak

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a Theravada festival that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightement and passing away

Question 22

wisdom (panna)

Answer 22

a section of the threefold way that deals with Buddhist approaches to understanding the nature of reality

Question 23

zazen mediation

Answer 23

a type of meditation in Zen Buddhism that requires awareness of the present moment